2008                                   McGill Nominee (1 out of 2) for National Doctoral Prize in Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC), CANADA

2003-2007              PhD Scholarship, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CANADA

2005                       McGill University Graduate Studies Scholarship, Montreal, CANADA

2005                       Materials Research Society Award, Boston, USA

2004                       Materials Research Society Travel Award, Boston, USA

1998                                   First Ranked Graduate Student, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran